Date made: 2011-08-25
Jelenia Gora (łac. Cervimontium, Mons Deer, niem.: Hirschberg in the Giant Mountains, czes. Deer Mountain, formerly Hiršberk, Hornšperk) ? City with county rights in south-western Poland, in Lower Silesia, in mountainous Jelenia Góra Valley, on the river beaver. The city is also the seat of the District Jeleniogórskiego, The Board of the Giant Mountains National Park and the Polish capital of the Euroregion Neisse.
The historic city in Silesia. Jelenia Gora was the capital of the province of Jelenia Góra in the 1975-1998. Currently has the status of cities and towns.
Jelenia Gora – counts 84 306 residents, making it the fourth largest (in Wroclaw, Wałbrzych and Legnica) city in the province.
The city is located in the northern part of the Jelenia Góra. From the west surround the city Jizera Mountains and Foothills, from the north Kaczawskie, Ore from the east Janowickie, and from the south Mountains. The city center is ok. 1 km east of the confluence of the Beaver and River Stone.
Probably in the city there was a Slavic name unknown city, the assumption Polish tradition assigns Boleslaw III tablished in 1108 r. From these beginnings the Piast dynasty survived Jeleniogórskie settlement – Top Boleslaw Boleslaw now.[citation needed] The origins of Jelenia Góra in its current form dates back to but probably only half XIII. and are associated with the action settlement led by Boleslaw II Rogatka by German colonists. Effective Date of civic rights remains unknown, However, you can take, that founded the settlement from the beginning has obtained the status of urban and spatial planning, give the name of the Hirschberg.
Under the rule of the princes jaworsko-Swidnik city is rapidly developing. In 1392 r. Jelenia Gora came under Czech rule. From Prague to sit on the throne of the Jagiellonian dynasty received broad autonomy and the right to mint its own coins, a w 1519 r. important privilege of annual fairs. In the second half. XVI w. in the city and its surroundings began production of linen canvases called veils. Such trade has proved to be very profitable over time. The production was interrupted by the Thirty Years War, during which the city experienced its most difficult period. All towers – church, City Hall and the city gates were burnt. Rebuilding the burned and ruined city, devoid of outside help, was slow and prolonged. In 1739 r., during a raging storm collapsed tower of the town hall with a part of the building, which have not rebuilt. The new city hall was built in the second half of the eighteenth century. During the Thirty Years' War and the internal chaos reigning made arbitrary changes in the coat of arms of Jelenia Góra and falsification diploma coat of arms. After the war and the reconstruction of Jelenia Gora has become one of the richest towns in Silesia. Local merchants organized themselves in Konfraterii Merchants engaged in export to all European countries, and on the American continent.
The successful development of the city was interrupted in 1742 r., when Silesia was incorporated into the arms of Prussia, which cut off the city from the existing markets. At the same time changed the situation on world markets, and craftwork production from the Giant Mountains was supplanted by cheaper products of mechanical weaving of English. Both of these factors have led to the total collapse of weaving in and around Jelenia Gora. The advent of the nineteenth century, however, was successful for Jelenia Gora. Several industrialists built here because their factories. Also increased sharply tourist traffic in the Giant Mountains, for which Jelenia Gora and other localities that are currently in its composition, was a natural starting point. To the city attended by more and more visitors. Their needs were built hotels and guest houses, opened restaurants, started the production of food and souvenirs. To further economic growth has contributed to bringing to Jelenia Gora railway lines – w r. 1866 Zgorzelec side and in 1867 from Wroclaw.
During World War II, the city did not suffer any damage and was occupied by Soviet troops after the surrender of Germany 8 May 1945 r. Jelenia Gora is the present name attached to the Polish, while its population has forced deportation to Germany. In its place came the Polish displaced. Already in August 1945 began its activities local theater, functioned archive, Try to open museum, started teaching in many new schools. Opened a lot of new industrial plants, including the only one in the country opticians. In 1971 began demolition of most of the historic buildings within the market and street Copernicus. The current building square town hall was built between 70. and is styled former (left six facades of old houses). Jelenia Gora after the war was a separate city district, and in y. 1975 was the capital of the new province, what was influenced not only by its strong economic position in the region, ale i kulturalna. In 1976 to Jelenia Gora were joined Teplice Silesian-Zdroj, Sobieszów, Maciejowa, Goduszyn. We created the largest urban center in the Western Sudetes. Currently Jelenia Gora has the status of cities and towns. In recent years, attached to Jelenia Gora Jagniątków, which resulted in a shift of administrative boundaries of the city up to the Polish border with the Czech Republic.
Source: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelenia_Góra
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| apparatus: | Canon 500D |
| lens: | Falcon 8mm/F:3,5 |
| exposure: | 8, 1/40 s, ISO100 |
| type: | Spherical panorama |
| HDR: | so, fusion + tone mapping |
| location: | Jelenia Gora (Silesian) |